In a recent study in the UK, they came to the conclusion that 60% of xbox 360 get red ring of death. They also studied ps3′s and nintendo wii’s. The ps3 has a 16% death rate and the nintendo wii has a 6% death rate. Some 1,128 UK-based console owners responded, of whom 562 owned Xbox 360s, 473 owned PS3s and 591 had Wiis (some owned more than one). Only 25 per cent of disappointed 360 owners had owned the console for more than 18 months before it broke, with 47 per cent reporting a failure inside a year. Seventy two per cent returned their Xbox to Microsoft, who extended the 360′s warranty to three years after the console’s problems became widely known. Fifteen per cent sought their own solution, such as repairing it themselves or giving up and throwing it under a bed. One miserable gamer reported, “I can’t afford to get (the Xbox 360) fixed as it is out of warranty, so it sits in the spare room all lonely.”
Many 360 owners report the console breaking more than once. Of those whose console has broken at least once, 32 per cent say it has broken twice, and 19 per cent say it has broken three times or more. One person said their 360 “was repaired six times before (being) refunded by Microsoft”. Of those who have bought a 360 in the last two years, only for it to break, 29 per cent say it has broken more than once.
The ps3 has a much higher reliability than the xbox 360. This is known all over the world because every time when someone goes to buy a console they may want and xbox 360 but they think about the reliability of it and double think about getting this console.
Many people think about the problems that the xbox 360 has which is a 60% red ring of death percentage, if you are like me or most other people you have your sights on an xbox 360 console but when you think about purchasing it you will think about the red ring of death problem that occurs very often in xbox consoles. This is a huge factor when you are ready to purchase you next console but you may decide to buy the xbox 360 anyways, it has the best games “my opinion” and it has a great dashboard and way to talk with your friends online. It is a great console decision but you have to think about the red ring. You may be lucky with your choice but you may also be unlucky, in some cases people have their console’s break more than once and some other people may not ever have it break on them. Microsoft is trying to have the most reliable console out there and it starts with a mistake you only go up from there.
Laptop reliability:
New data from SquareTrade (one of the bigger warranty providers) says Asus and Toshiba have the least hardware malfunctions over 3 years, while one-in-four HP laptops are projected to experience problems. Oh, and crappy netbooks are worst of all. They say that sub-$400 netbooks are 20 percent more likely to fail in the first year. But no real surprises there. SquareTrade says it randomly selected over 30,000 laptops and netbooks covered by its warranty plans for the study. Brands with a minimum of 1000 laptops included Acer, Apple, Asus, Dell, Gateway, HP, Lenovo, Sony, and Toshiba. Accidental damage and software issues handled by the retailer were not included in the numbers.
My laptop is an HP, I am very satisfied with it. I have never had any problems with it even with windows 7 built on it. This study was very accurate because Asus is knows for good computers, and Toshiba I do not have any experience of. I have an Asus motherboard and I have also been very satisfied with it. They are very powerful and extremely reliable. They are very good and reliable.
